How do I add new site/server_name in nginx?

Question

I'm just starting to explore nginx on my ubuntu 10.04. I installed nginx and I'm able to get the "Welcome to Nginx" page on localhost. However I'm not able to add a new server_name.

Even when I make the changes in site-available/default. I also tried reloading/restarting nginx, but nothing works.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4891344/how-do-i-add-new-site-server-name-in-nginx

Answer 1

To build on mark's answer, it's recommended you create a configuration file for your site in sites-available. Just follow any tutorial for a simple nginx config and wiki.nginx.org for more details

After creating the configuration, create a symbolic link with this command, assuming that your conf file is named "myapp" and nginx is at /etc/nginx (could also be at /usr/local/etc/nginx):

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/myapp /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/myapp

By the way, you could always create your conf file directly in sites-enabled but the recommended way above allows you to "enable and disable" sites on the server very quickly without actually moving/deleting your conf file.

P.S: Actually Don't trust the tutorials: check your configuration!

P.P.S: You can use the command nginx -t to test your sites conf and nginx -s reload to reload the conf.